John, regarding your suggestion http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxsearch/documentation/#fonje.
What map key would I use? As far as I know it tied to a domain name. Any suggestions? On Feb 3, 1:12 pm, gnugu <[email protected]> wrote: > I too have the same experience. Can someone from Google confirm this > being a bug??? > > On Jan 27, 9:08 am, Sunny <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Adding to my email below, let me share with you what I am trying to do > > and the results I get:- > > > List<Address> wfList = gc.getFromLocationName(sb.toString(),5 ) > > where sb contains the address " Whole Foods, Los Gatos, CA". what I > > was expecting from above was a list of address of whole food locations > > in this area. > > > However the wfList returns a size 0. This is a well formed address and > > I was expecting it to work. Examples given for this method > > (getFromLocationName) gives the impression that partial address like > > the above should work -like "Dalvik, Iceland", an address such as > > "1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA", an airport code such > > as "SFO", etc.. but it is not the case :-(. > > > Maybe I am doing something wrong and I need to get out of the > > woods !. Any clues !! > > > On Jan 21, 5:00 pm, Sunny <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Thanks Jeff, john. > > > > I tried with GeocodergetFromLocationName- it does not return > > >businessbased results unless you have the complete address. I would > > > greatly appreciate if you have a code piece written that works. I am > > > using android 2.1. > > > > thanks > > > Sunil. > > > > On Jan 20, 11:15 am, jeffro <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Check out the GeoCoder class and thegetFromLocationNamemethods. You > > > > can input a search string like "whole foods, > > > > los gatos, CA" and it will return a list of Address results. You can > > > > also specify a bounding box if you want to limit your results to your > > > > current map. > > > > >http://developer.android.com/reference/android/location/Geocoder.html > > > > > Jeff > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Trackaroo > > > > Trackmaster - Motorsports Lap Timer (http://trackmaster.trackaroo.com) > > > > Dynomaster - Performance Dyno (http://dynomaster.trackaroo.com) > > > > > On Jan 19, 10:41 am, John <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Google provides a fairly simple interface for local searches. > > > > > >http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxsearch/documentation/#fonje > > > > > > In the search request you can specify a latitude and longitude with > > > > > the text to get a reference to those nearby businesses. Here is the > > > > > reference to the parameters for the search. > > > > > >http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxsearch/documentation/reference.html#_... > > > > > > You can simply make a http call and parse the json response when it > > > > > comes back. It should be straight forward from there. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > John > > > > > > On Jan 17, 8:00 pm, sunny <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Folks, > > > > > > wondering if any of you can help. > > > > > > This is what I am trying to do: > > > > > > simple app to get list of addresses I am interested in based on my > > > > > > current > > > > > > location. > > > > > > > I get the current location using location services. Now, based on > > > > > > this > > > > > > current location I want to do a search onbusinessplaces without > > > > > > really > > > > > > using the SearchManager's triggerSearch. The problem with the > > > > > > triggerSearch > > > > > > is that it launches the googlemap and show thebusinessaddress I am > > > > > > looking for and it is blocked. I want to get the control back. I > > > > > > do not > > > > > > want to launch the map with the listing. all I want to do is the > > > > > > get the > > > > > > Geopoint of thebusinessaddress I am interested in using a simple web > > > > > > search. I tried reverseGeocoding , but it is does not work > > > > > > withbusiness > > > > > > address. It needs full address. any suggestion?. > > > > > > > Simply put, all I want to do is a simple websearch , say > > > > > > query="whole foods, > > > > > > los gatos, CA" to get its full address. and then use it to get the > > > > > > GeoPoint. > > > > > > > I am stuck and wondering if anyone can give me some pointers. > > > > > > > thanks a ton in advance. > > > > > > Sunny.- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
